Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

In the second year of Zhenghe, Meng Qiuzhong, the weather was hot.

Several official ships arrived at the ferry in Yizhou, neatly lined up sergeants disembarked in scarlet military uniforms, but each of them seemed to be bored on board, many of them opened their skirts to reveal their curled black hair. Mao's chest, or someone even took off their shirt and rolled it in their hands.

Noisy sounds resounded on the pier, while people shouted and neighed, a lot of military supplies were loaded into the waiting carriage, and the sergeants who got off the boat lazily followed the sergeants of Yizhou Prefecture to the barracks, but the formation was scattered, and everyone bowed their heads. A, looking like a defeated prisoner.

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chirp chirp ~ chirp chirp ~
Unknown birds landed on the eaves, standing in a row, combing their feathers, tilting their heads to look at the pedestrians coming and going below, and at a certain moment, they flapped their wings and flew up as if they heard something. In mid-air, scattered around.

The shadow streaked across the ground and flew into the air.

The hustle and bustle of the streets of the market is still there, and the pedestrians seem not to feel anything abnormal, and they are still leisurely.

Many people stop and patronize the cold drink stalls on the street. The shopkeepers carrying burdens are wiping their sweat while walking through the streets and alleys, and the women in floral dresses are holding umbrellas and wandering among the various rouge shops.

Occasionally, there were a few men dressed in non-official costumes or Confucian costumes standing on the side of the street and chatting. Most of them were talking about Chen Xian, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, who dared to offend Tian Yan, opposed the re-appointment of Cai Jing, and was demoted to Yuezhou. When they reached the heated place, several people cursed in unison, and then sighed for a while.

Shi Gugong lightly waved his folding fan, walked up to the second floor of the hotel with Shen Bo'er beside him, found a place facing the street and sat down, ordered some food and well-preserved rice wine.Perhaps it was a hot day, and there were not as many diners in the restaurant as usual. There were three or five people at a table talking quietly and laughing from time to time.

"Why did the professor come to this Yizhou? He insisted on going to this restaurant, but what would he like to eat?" Shen Bo'er wiped the sweat from his neck, and looked at the young man across from him strangely.

This time, Zhaojia Village gathered [-] Zhuang Yong, and along with the officers and soldiers from Yishui County, they went down Yishui River and entered Yizhou Prefecture. When they arrived, the professor accompanying the army said that he wanted to go to the city to have a look. What is even more strange is that Mr. Lang made himself optimistic about him, especially paying attention to who he talked to.

Shen Bo'er picked up the rice wine and took a sip, only to feel a burst of cold running down the esophagus, all the pores on his body were opened, and he couldn't help but drink it all up.

On the opposite side, Shi Gugong chuckled lightly, drank a bowl of cold wine first, and exhaled, "Let's see what the attitude of the people in Yizhou Prefecture is towards the upcoming bandit suppression."

"Huh?" Shen Bo'er tilted his head, not quite understanding: "There's nothing else to look at, should it be support?"

Shi Gugong shook his head with a smile, and nodded at the street outside the window: "It's not about support, it's about indifference."

Shen Bo'er stood up halfway, stretched out his head to look at his eyes, retracted and scratched his head: "What can I do like this?"

"Evaluate officials by the people." With a wry smile, the elegant young man poured his wine full: "Suppressing bandits is related to his daily life. If you live here, will you ignore it?"

"Of course not..." Shen Bo'er seemed to understand a little bit, but he was also a little confused: "Then why did he wait for such an attitude?"

"People's hearts are complicated." Shi Gugong had some inexplicable look in his eyes: "When you are powerless to resist one person, but he is about to be unlucky, how do you react?"

"Naturally, I'm just watching from the sidelines, the professor meant to say..." Shen Bo'er blurted out, but immediately reacted, and looked at the young man opposite him with some understanding.

Shi Gugong didn't speak, just picked up the bowl and ate the wine, Shen Bo'er on the other side seemed to be affected as well, kept his mouth shut, only frowned and ate the wine with vegetables, after eating five or seven bowls of wine like this, he seemed unbearable In this dull atmosphere, he asked, "The professor is not optimistic about this bandit suppression?"

Shi Gugong's hand holding the vegetables paused, took a look at Shen Bo'er before continuing, put the vegetables in his mouth and chewed slowly: "It's the right way to attack thieves with officials, as long as you are careful, there will be no accidents."

"Oh——" Shen Bo'er nodded, and just about to drink, he raised his head again: "No, I heard that the Kochi Prefecture failed to suppress the bandits last time."

"So I have to stay away from the Chinese army." The elegant young man's eyes were a little strange: "Sometimes the partial army can be a regular soldier."

Shen Bo'er didn't understand, but he could hear that the professor seemed to have an idea, so he nodded immediately and didn't say any more, the two of them finished eating and drinking, paid the bill, went out of the restaurant and walked back.

Shen Bo'er was different from when he came here, with a slight frown on his brows, but Shi Gugong was walking slowly, waving his folding fan as usual, stopping occasionally to buy something to bring.

It was almost night before we had to go back to camp.

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Ape Arm Village.

When the evening wind blows, the newly hung flags flutter with the wind from time to time, and amidst the sound of hunting, the soldiers who have worked hard during the day walk back to the barracks to prepare for dinner.

In the gazebo at the back of the mountain, Lu Bu sat down with Xi Sheng, Xiao Haili, Du Po, and Di Lei, and the steamed teacup was already a little warm on the stone table.

"Brother, Bian Xiang sent someone to report that he has entered Yizhou territory and is rushing here." Xiao Haili's face was a little dark, and his face became darker and darker when he led the troops to practice outside in recent days, even the bald head There is also a tendency to change towards the face.

"Tell him not to rush here, and find a place to lie down in the Luchuan area." Lu Bu glanced at the four people in front of him: "When the officers and soldiers come over, look for an opportunity to attack the rear."

Everyone nodded.

Lu Bu paused for a moment: "I have already fought with the government and army of Yizhou Prefecture. He dared to come here to rely on him. Is there any information coming from the mountain?"

Xi Sheng touched his chin and said, "It's a bit strange. This afternoon, a boat stopped at the ferry of Yizhou Prefecture, and nearly 2000 people came. The spies searched everywhere, and they only knew that they were two battalions from Yishui County. Army, as well as a few village courageous regiments to practice."

The big Khitan man touched his slippery head: "It seems that there is no difference between this and the last time."

Hu Mu looked at the man of Qing Huang, Xi Sheng thought for a while and said: "There is another rumor that I don't know if it is true. It is said that the magistrate still has a battalion of imperial troops from the capital, which was brought by him when he took office. Is the forbidden army its reliance?"

"Let the scouts inquire carefully." Lu Bu glanced at the night sky, and the breeze caused a few strands of messy hair on his forehead to flutter in the wind: "If it is true, let's take a look at the combat power of this rumored hero in the capital."

"Brother is proud."

"Stop flattering, and the next battle will be easy."

The tall figure waved his hand, which made the men on the opposite side laugh strangely.

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The moonlight is like a hook.

In the study of the government office.

"My lord, the soldiers who came to help have been arranged." Under the candlelight, Huang Kui lowered his head and reported in a low voice to Gao Feng behind the table.

"Very good, let him wait for a day to recuperate, and send troops early in the morning."

The magistrate who stood up was smug, and he didn't see that his soldiers and horses were hesitating to speak at all. (end of this chapter)